Potential wild parkland may be sacrificed
The wild wetlands around the airport may be sacrificed to build an industrial complex. Aéroports de Montréal has control over some of the land: will they have the excuse of pandemic shortfalls to use it for profit?
JS 12:00 on 2021-06-18 Permalink
This will be a great shame if not a moral crime. Go visit this area before it’s too late! It is super cool. There’s a few sections to check out, so give yourself some time to explore.
Kate 13:10 on 2021-06-18 Permalink
JS, I wouldn’t even know how to approach the area, assuming I’d be going by public transit. Any advice?
Francesco 11:29 on 2021-06-19 Permalink
Kate, hop on the 810 shuttle from Du Collège to Côte-Vertu, then grab the 215 to Douglas-B.-Floreani (the very eastern tip of the REM’s elevated West Island branches!), and it’s about a 25 minute walk to the Eco Campus Hubert-Reeves in the Technoparc. When you get past the huge construction site for the mouth of the REM’s airport tunnel, you’ll see a wall of green at the end of Alfred-Nobel, that’s the entrance to the park. In the future (2024? 2025?), the REM will get you almost right there, with Marie-Curie station at the mouth of the tunnel.
Francesco 14:44 on 2021-06-21 Permalink
I just watched the Radio Canada report again. It’s really well done, and reminds me of the old CBC productions we used to see from Madison Radio Canada a long time ago, when Montreal’s English-language service was relevant.
Here’s the new link in case the one in the first post is broken: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/tele/le-telejournal-18h/site/segments/reportage/360070/aeroport-espace-vert-developpement-industriel-parc